Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City Completes 10.51 Km Road Blacktopping in Current Fiscal Year

Makwanpur. Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City has blacktopped 10 kilometers of road in 4 years. According to the sub-metropolitan city, 10.51 kilometers of road have been constructed with blacktopping by the current fiscal year 2082/2083.

During that period, Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City has constructed 269.70 kilometers of road concreting, 22.68 kilometers of road gravelling, and 33 small and large culverts by implementing its budget.

In the same period, the sub-metropolitan city has completed 48 drinking water projects. In addition, 57 tourism infrastructures, 107 sports infrastructures, 79 monasteries, 253 temples, 61 embankments, 32 small irrigation projects, 49 toilets, 30 health infrastructures, 63 community buildings, 45 drains and sewers, and 12 parks have been constructed.

Under the housing policy, 100 houses are being constructed in the current fiscal year in collaboration with Lumanti.

To streamline service delivery, the construction and renovation of 17 ward office buildings have been completed, and the office building of Hetauda-16 will be completed and brought into operation next year.

The process of land acquisition for the construction of the ward office of Hetauda-2 has also been advanced. For economic empowerment, 14 small industries have been supported to operate, providing direct employment to 450 people and indirect employment to 700 people.

Furthermore, more than 800 citizens have benefited through the commercialization of Gundruk production, promotion of Dhaka, and self-employment training, according to the sub-metropolitan city.

Through commercial farming of plums and dragon fruit, more than 200 citizens in Hetauda-12, 13, 14, 17, and 18 have gained self-employment.

147 projects in the education sector, including strengthening the physical infrastructure of community schools, classification of institutional schools, teacher bank, and local curriculum development, have been completed. In health, five-bed city-level hospitals each in Padampokhari and Hatiya have been brought into operation, and 22 basic health centers have been upgraded.

Through the youth-targeted livestock farming program, 55 organizations and 152 individuals have benefited, and subsidies have been distributed for milk production of 1.92 crore liters with the grant from the Bagmati Province Government. The sub-metropolitan city has also conducted campaigns for environmental conservation, cleanliness, green promotion, construction of open gyms, and discouraging plastic bags.

Personnel working in risky jobs have been enrolled in health insurance for the last three years, and 480 dead bodies have been managed through free hearse services.

147 projects in the education sector, including strengthening the physical infrastructure of community schools, classification of institutional schools, teacher bank, and local curriculum development, have been completed. In health, five-bed city-level hospitals each in Padampokhari and Hatiya have been brought into operation, and 22 basic health centers have been upgraded.

Local governance-based wards and cities have been declared, and short-term shelters have been operated for women and children victims of violence. Various awareness and capacity development programs have been conducted for women, children, persons with disabilities, the elderly, and sexual minorities, the sub-metropolitan city has stated.

Senior citizen meeting centers have been brought into operation, and continuous interpreter services have been provided for deaf citizens in Hetauda-2, 7, 9, 10, 14, and 18. The sub-metropolitan city is operating three parks and a library through the private sector under the public-private partnership concept.

The neighborhood development organization campaign has been expanded to all wards, and under the 'Street Human Free City' campaign, the work of rescue, treatment, education, and rehabilitation of needy street humans is underway.

Similarly, educational and nutritional support of two thousand rupees per month has been provided to 27 children infected and affected by HIV for the past 4 years.

The sub-metropolitan city has stated that regular support is also being provided for the treatment and income generation of infected individuals.